Bronx News Roundup, June 14

Hello, beautiful readers! We’re back with another edition of the Bronx News Roundup on this lovely Thursday. These are the Bronx stories we’re following today, starting with the weather: Mostly sunny, clear, high of 75.

House Challengers Agree: Rangel Should Go

During a televised debate among candidates running in the 13th Congressional District race on Monday night in the Bronx, it was the absence of the embattled 82-year-old incumbent that spoke loudest.

All 13th District Candidates, Except Rangel, To Participate in Tonight’s Debate

Tonight, the Bronx will get to hear from all of the candidates running to represent the newly constituted 13th Congressional District — Craig Schley, Joyce Johnson, Adriano Espaillat and Clyde Williams — except for the incumbent, Charlie Rangel, who has chosen not to participate in various candidate forums throughout this abbreviated campaign. The primary is two weeks from tomorrow, June 26.

13th Congressional District Debate: Monday, June 11

On Monday, June 11, two weeks before the June 26 Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District, which now includes a significant portion of the northwest Bronx, the Norwood News and Riverdale Press will be bringing you answers straight from the candidates’ mouths during a debate held on Bronxnet at 9 p.m.

Candidate Clyde Williams’ Doesn’t Have to ‘Feed Political Machine’

Clyde Williams knew he wasn’t going to be showered by endorsements from the usual suspects — prominent elected officials, local political clubs and labor unions — in his bid to unseat Charlie Rangel and represent upper Manhattan and the northwest Bronx in Congress.

Filter Project Fails To Deliver Bronx Job Promises

The much-maligned Croton Water Filtration Plant project is facing renewed criticism now that it has become increasingly clear that Bronxites have not received the construction jobs initially promised when the project was approved by the City Council back in 2004.

Bronx Councilman Koppell Endorses Espaillat

Before the heavens opened up this morning and unleashed a downpour on the northwest Bronx, State Senator Adriano Espaillat stood at foot of the Kingsbridge Road 4 train station handing out flyers to voters.

Public Advocate Calls for Curb of Stop and Frisk

With the numbers of unwarranted and unproductive stop and frisks by police rising across New York City, some elected officials are beginning to call for change. In the first three months of 2012, more than 203,500 New Yorkers were stopped by the police and 89 percent of them were cleared of any wrongdoing.

At House Party, Espaillat Reaches Out to Bronx Voters

On the campaign trail, certain props become redundant. Microphones, podiums, and teleprompters. But at a house party to meet State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, who is running for a congressional seat against longtime incumbent Charlie Rangel in Congress, traditional campaign decorum was traded for hummus, crackers and cheese.